Roles (Dashboard)

Summary

Roles define the user access level allowed for viewing and editing ECM modules and reports. (ECM modules are the various areas in ECM that can be configured.) Each user is assigned a role in accordance with their job functions.

Roles

The Roles grid lists ECM roles available.

Item	Description

Item	Description
Add Role	Click to launch the Add Role popup to add a role
Save Changes	Click to save changes
Cancel Changes	Click to discard changes
Search (text box)	Click in field to search information in the grid; numbers, letters and some characters accepted
Edit (pencil)	To edit an ECM role, click the edit icon (pencil)
Name	Name of role. Click in field to edit name in grid or click edit icon to open edit dialog.
Description	Description of role. Click in field to edit description in grid or click edit icon to open edit dialog.

Other:

Pagination - Pagination tool at bottom allows user to page to previous or next pages or go to first or last pages
Number of items selector - Allows user to select number of items to be displayed on the page (Default: 50)
Number of items shown - Displays the number of items shown out of the total number of items available

Add Role

Click Add Role

Enter name and description for role
- Click Save to save changes and close the window
- Click Cancel to discard changes and close the window
Click Save Changes on the Roles grid to save new role

Edit Role

Click edit icon (pencil) to launch the Edit - Role page.

Module access

Each ECM Module and sub-module (if applicable) is shown with Access Type ViewEdit
Select the ECM modules that this role will be allowed to view and/or edit
- Click the top checkbox to select or unselect all modules
Click Save to save changes and close the window or Cancel to discard changes and close the window

Report access

Settings on the Report access tab are used to set the reports that a role may access
- Pre-condition: A role must have permission in Module access to view and/or edit reports

On the Report Access tab, reports are listed in the Description column
Select the ECM reports that this role will be allowed to run
- Click the top checkbox to select all modules
Click Save to save changes and close the window or Cancel to discard changes and close the window

When the user logs in to ECM, they will only be able to view the reports that are set for their role
Examples:
- If all reports are selected, the role can view all reports in ECM:

If the user is limited to view only selected reports, only those reports will show when they go to Reports:

Report category: If the role does not have permission to view any reports within a category (Sales, Products, Employee, Other), the header for that category is hidden.
No permission: If the role does not have permission to view any reports at all, a message is displayed: Permission required to access reports.

Other actions

Select the actions this role is permitted to use.

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